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- Use a room temperature monitor card to make sure that your surroundings are warm enough.
- Try to maintain a temperature of
21°C (70°F) in the living room.
Your bedroom should not be less
than 14°C (57°C\F) when getting
up in the morning.
- Wear several layers of light warm
clothes. When you’re going out,
wrap up well, wearing a coat,
gloves and - importantly a hat.
(About one quarter of body heat
loss is from the head).
- Use a modern all-night electric
blanket on your bed.
- Stay indoors in very cold weather.
- Make sure to have a warm meal, at
least once a day. Keep a flask with
a hot drink and take some of it
regularly.
- Try to keep active and take exercise.
If you are shivering it means that
your body is trying to conserve heat.
Regular, gentle exercise will help
you to keep warm and will improve
blood circulation.
- Wintertime brings an increase in cold-related illness and in associated deaths.
- The risk increases as temperatures fall below 9°C
- The most vulnerable people are those over 65 years of age, living alone and with restricted mobility.
- If your room temperature regularly drops below the safe level of 21°C - 70°F you put yourself at risk of cold-related illness.
- Hypthermia means low body temperature and is a very serious life-threathening condition. It can easily occur if your surrounding room temperature falls below 9 - 10°C (48 - 50°C)
- You can reduce the danger of cold-related illnesses by keeping room temperatures at safe levels and following simple guidelines.
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